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Wednesday, 23 October 2013

Breaking Promise and Disobedience

LESSON # 93 FROM HOLY QUR’AN

BAQARAH – 2 (The Cow)

Breaking Promise and Disobedience

Verse – 85 of 286, Section – 10
(Part- 1)

Yet ye it is who
slay each other and drive out a party of your people from their homes,
supporting one another against them by sin and transgression--and if they came to you as captives ye
would ransom them, whereas their expulsion was itself unlawful for you.
Believe ye in part of the Scripture and disbelieve ye in part thereof? And
what is the reward of those who do so save ignominy in the life of the world,
and on the Day of Resurrection they will be consigned to the most grievous
doom. And Allah is not Unaware of what ye do.

Bil-‘ismi
wal-‘udwaan – (by sin
and transgression) ism means sin so aasim means sinner. Literal meanings of
‘udwaan are rebellion, violence and transgression. In this verse ‘udwaan is
used for tyranny and oppression. From this sentence it is known that as the
children of Israel used to kill and shed the blood between
them or exile their compatriots and religion-fellows, which was not as per any
principle but only due to sin and transgression. Which nation behaves like this
with their own people, what a better behaviour that can do with others?

God Almighty warns
the children of Israel in this verse, “We made with you a
covenant (saying): Shed not the blood of your people nor turn (a party of) your
people out of your dwellings.” But you oppose this covenant. You slay each
other and drive out a party of your people from their homes.

During the times
of Last Messenger (peace and blessings be upon Him) two tribes were populated
out of the children of Israel ‘Banu Nazair’ and ‘Banu Quraizah’ in
Madina and its vicinity. They used to remain busy in civil war/domestic
quarrels habitually. Two tribes of the Infidels of Madina were also populated
there. One of the tribes out of Jews used to become friends out of the one
tribe of Infidels and the other of the other. Whenever the war used to start,
slay and exile became their routine.

It is known from
the history that after the Prophet Solomon (peace be upon Him) cruel
contradiction grew between the twelve tribes of the children of Israel. Many people were slain during their wars. Resultant their government was ruined. They became slaves of the others and
compelled to pass their disgrace, infamy and ignominy lives.

Al-Kitaabu – (Holy Book) here it aims towards the
Heavenly Book of the children of Israel named ‘Torah’. This argument is being
established upon them that besides following the commands of Holy Qur’aan they
do not obey their own Holy Book completely. They obey only those some orders in
which they consider their own benefit. Which commands claim for sacrifice they
put them behind themselves.

The Jews first of
all used to exile their colleagues after fighting with them. Whenever they used
to become prisoners of other nations, then the Jews set them free quickly
paying compensation to show their sincerity, still it is fact that it was
unlawful for them to exile their religious brothers. So it is found that they
obey this order of Torah that the prisoners to be set free, but they do not
obey this order that they should not be exiled.

Allah Almighty commands along with it, “And what
is the reward of those who do so save ignominy in the life of the world, and on
the Day of Resurrection they will be consigned to the most grievous doom. And
Allah is not Unaware of what ye do”.